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RAMSEY IDENT RE VOLUME 1, NUMBER 8 FREE NOVEMBER 1986 LANDFILL COMMISSION TO BE FORMED The City Council has created a nine member Landfill Commission to advise the Council on issues and concerns regarding sanitary landfilling. These issues may include: future uses of the existing land- fill; closure of the existing landfill; the status of Site "P"; the buffer area surrounding the landfill and in- dustrial development; legislation regarding landfill- ing; environmental monitoring; etc. Commission members will be appointed by the City Council. The City is now seeking candidates to fill nine positions on this Commission. There are three three-year terms, three two-year terms and three one-year terms to be filled. Once the Commission is established, all successors to these positions will be appointed to three year terms. The Commission will meet at least once each month. If you are interested in serving on the Land- fill Commission, please submit your letter of applica- tion to the City of Ramsey, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, MN 55303. This letter should include your name, address, telephone number, work experience, education, and any ex- perience in municipal affairs. In addition, please in- clude a statement of your reason(s) for seeking ap- pointment to the Landfill Commission. CITY TO CONDUCT SALE OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY The City of Ramsey will be conducting a sale of surplus items of property and unclaimed/evidentiary articles from the police department. A complete list of the items being offered for sale can be obtained from the Ramsey City Hall during normal business hours beginning November 24th but some of the items are: bicycles (some good and some junk), a pickup truck tool box complete with assorted tools!, a chainsaw, drinking fountains, security desk, gar- bage disposal units, etc. This sale will start at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday the 29th of November and end at 2:00 P.M. City staff will open and tabulate the bids on December 1 st, 1986 and successful bidders will be notified. Everybody is invited to stop by and help the city clean out its attic. RAMSEY RESIDENTS The City of Ramsey is currently seeking can- didates to fill a vacancy on the Economic Develop- ment Commission. The position requires a minimum of one morning meeting per month and an interest in economic development activities in the City; familiarity with Ramsey City Ordinances is desired. Ramsey residents interested in serving on the Com- mission are requested to submit a letter of applica- tion to the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota 55303. The letter should contain the applicant's name, address, telephone number, work experience, education and any experience in mumicipal affairs. In addition, applications should include a statement listing their reasons for seeking appointment to the Economic Development Commission. The position is not salaried; however, compensation for inciden- tal expenses is provided. DOES YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS? If your neighborhood needs improvements (sealcoating or blacktopping streets) by next spring or summer, now's the time to begin the public improvement process. You can begin by petitioning (a request for the im- provement signed by at least 35% of the benefitting property owners in an area) the City for the improvement or encouraging the City Council to adopt a resolution ordering a feasibility report on the project. When the Council receives the petition, it may consider ordering a feasibility report on the proposed project. At the time the Council receives the feasibility report from the City Engineer, it may consider holding a public hearing to which all benefitting property owners are invited to comment on the proposed project. The City Charter requires the Council to wait for sixty (60) days from the date of the public hearing before it may take action on any public improvement project. If you need additional information on this process, please call Sheila Beyer at 427-1410. CITIZEN AND POLICE DEPARTMENT MEETING SCHEDULED By: Chief Auspos It's a ways into the football season and I'm a little late with this but we're going to play "Charlie Brown kicks the football" again. This is in reference to poor old Charlie's mad dash to make a place kick (he at- tempts it every year) and. Lucy jerks the ball away at the last second. Whereupon, Charlie goes "AAAUUUGGHH" and hits the ground on his back. Well, we're going to try to have another CRIMEWATCH type of meeting and, if it goes like others, we will sit around watching the empty chairs rust. For some reason or other we cannot seem to drum up a whole lot of interest. Maybe we could allow ourselves to think we are putting out such a good product Uob) that, like the May tag repairman, we have no need for "repairs". Not likely, although we are trying! Anyway, we're having a meeting and you are all invited. It will be held in the basement kitchen room area at the Ramsey Municipal Center on December 9 and will start at 7:30 p.m. There will be coffee supplied and, maybe, cookies. We're going to wait to see if anybody shows up before bringing out the goodies! Last time around we gorged on cookies for a month! The inimitable Robert Kuhn, Ramsey's CRIMEWATCH officer, will emcee the presentation which will include either slides or a film, his choice. Then we'll get down to questions and answers which range from "How do I make my home as secure as is reasonable?" to "How come all the fun things are illegal?" Really, we'll try to anwser any questions you might have about our role in the criminal justice system as well as discuss how to report crimes/suspicious activities, when to use 911 , mak- ing your place a "high-risk" area to burglary, thieves, vandals, etc. If this sounds interesting to you, if you are bored to tears sitting around the house, if the kids are play- ing hockey until 11 :00 p.m. or, if your car breaks down out on Nowthen Blvd., PLEASE come by. Thank-you. Ramsey Resident Ramsey Municipal Center 15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW Ramsey, MN 55303 WHY WAS I BILLED FOR A FIRE CALL? We're sure this goes without saying, but first and most important, get all persons to a safe area. Your next step is to get to a phone and call the 911 emergency hotline. This 911 number now serves Sherburne County also and those Ramsey residents under Elk River jurisdiction should not hesitate to use this emergency hotline. All of Ramsey's addresses are fed into a computer and when an emergency call comes in, 911 control will call out the appropriate fire department, Anoka or Elk River. The average response time to a fire emergency in Ramsey has been 10 minutes; these first 10 minutes are the most important, as fires are usually burning out of control after 10 minutes. Now the fire has been extinguished and you receive a bill in the mail for a fire call. You may wonder why you were billed. Ramsey is on a con- tract basis with Anoka and Elk River Fire Depart- ments; this contract is for the privilege of having those departments at Ramsey's disposal. The con- tract does not include cost of equipment and per- sonnel required at an emergency. Ramsey has chosen not to pick up the cost of fire calls in an at- tempt to keep property taxes down. The charge for fire calls may be covered on your homeowner's in- surance policy; this can be determined by checking with your agent. If charges for fire calls are not a part of your coverage, it should be available as a rider to your present policy. Keep in mind that the pro- perty owner is responsible for the fire call bill even if it was a concerned neighbor placing the emergen- cy call and not the property owner. If you are served by the Anoka Fire Department, once the trucks arrive on your property the service is billed at a rate of $200 for the first hour, or frac- tion thereof, plus $100 per each additional '12 hour or portion thereof. The Elk River Fire Department provides fire and am- bulance service to the NW corner of Ramsey (ap- proximately 18% of the City). The City of Ramsey POSTAL CUSTOMER contracts with the City of Elk River on a yearly basis. The City of Elk River bills the City of Ramsey for fire calls made in this particular area at a rate of $225 for the first half-hour, or fraction thereof, plus $75 per each additional '12 hour or portion thereof. Ramsey, in turn, passes these bills on to the pro- perty owners. If the emergency is minor and you ex- tinguish the fire, be sure and call 911 and cancel the call. Cancelled calls are billed differently. You may be asking why Ramsey doesn't have a fire department. Because of the equipment cost fac- tor and the amount of volunteer manpower available at certain times of the day, the cost is prohibitive at the present time. Ramsey residents should take the initiative to safeguard and protect property. Sug- gested ways in which to prevent fires and save lives, property and money are: 1) Do not hesitate to dial 911 in any emergency situation. 2) Use and make sure smoke detectors are in working order. 3) Keep two operable fire extinguishers within the home. 4) House numbers should be at least 4" in size and easily visible from the roadway. 5) Provide for a family emergency ex- it/meeting place plan. 6) In the event of fire in your dwelling, be sure and close the doors behind you when you leave. A large fire quickly con- sumes the available oxygen in the house. Leaving doors and windows open feeds the fire. 7) If you have a wood burning stove, keep the chimney clean at all times. If you in- stall a wood burning stove, use only chimneys approved for wood burning stoves. CAR-RT -SRT BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 131 ANOKA, MN 55303